Heartstopper Graphic Novel Volume 01

Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows, and that soon develops into something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance. But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, they come to understand the surprising and delightful ways in which love works.

Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ... until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie falls hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance.

But love works surprisingly, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realized.

By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty, and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

'The queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school.' Gay Times

This is Heartstopper's first volume, now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series.